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Athalakkai is an Indian vegetable, found in all parts of south India during winter. It looks like baby bitter gourd, also it has the same bitter taste but crunchy due to the seeds in it. This is a medicinal vegetable, which helps in weight loss, prevents diabetics and helps maintains the blood sugar level.

My mom prepares curry, stir-fry/poriyal using this Athalakkai, but I never eat them due to the bitter taste, but now after my husband diagnosed with diabetics, I purposely got this from my home town “Thoothukudi” and prepared this curry for him.

Athalakkai Kulambu is simple to prepare, the tanginess in the curry reduces the bitter taste of Athalakkai, also I prefer using Gingelly/Sesame oil to bring the bitterness down. This curry goes out well with steamed rice and appalam / pappad or steamed rice and omelette. Also, it goes out well with dosa. Let me share the recipe…

As it getting cold, most of us feel to have food in form of liquid but healthy, nutritious and filling. Sweet corn chicken soup is one such soup which is packed with protein, healthy, and easy to digest during winters.

Sweet Corn Chicken Soup / How to make sweet corn chicken soup

Not only me but most of like this sweet corn chicken soup, due to the crunchiness of chicken, corn and it’s rich creamy texture. Give a try and let me share the recipe…

I use to share any of my latest to Fiesta Friday and this Friday since I was out of city, wish to take mine to the Fiesta Friday #199 party hosted by Angie@thenovicegarderner.

Lemon chicken is prepared by cooking the chicken with spices and lemon juice. Also this consumes very little time to get cooked. I would say it’s one of the finger-licking dish among all of my chicken recipes. Goes out well with any Indian flat bread, as a side dish for briyani or fried rice and also good when paired with steamed rice and sambar. Let me share the recipe…